Portugal is on the tip of everyone’s tongues right now and justifiably so. It is fast becoming Europe’s new startup capital and will host the world’s biggest technology fair Web Summit for the [...]

An application which can map and quantify the amount of rubbish along Portugal’s beaches and coastline has been developed in Coimbra. The app is a joint science-citizen project developed by [...]

Portugal’s economy is continuing to grow and converge with the strongest economies within the European Union according to the Ministry of Finance. In 2018, Portugal’s GDP grew, in real terms, [...]

Following on from their third challenge to the Portuguese government to come clean over who exactly has been awarded ‘golden’ residency visas, the Portuguese branch of Transparency International [...]

The US ratings gency Moody’s has warned this week that the negative overseas perception of Portugal’s banking system generated by the Caixa Geral de Depósitos scandal could “damage Portugal’s [...]

Portugal’s treasury and public debt agency IGCP undertook two auctions of public debt at 10 and 15 years worth €705 million today. The Agência de Gestão da Tesouria e da Dívida Pública (IGCP) set [...]

The Douro Palace Hotel Resort & Spa in Baião is to be given a facelift by its owners Jase Hotels & Resorts. The four-star hotel will be subject to a rennovation process which will include [...]

Mortgage lending by banks in Portugal reached a new record high in 2018 with almost €10Bn lent out last year. According to the Bank of Portugal which published the figures it represent a new [...]

The CEO of paper manufacturer Navigator, Diogo da Silveira, is to quit his post heading Navigator. The paper maker has informed the market that he does not wish to be reelected for a new term in [...]

The professional integrity and competence of the Governor of the Bank of Portugal, Carlos Costa, is being called into question by both bankers and politicians. The leader of Portugal’s new [...]